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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Olinda Bozán
Carola Mosca de Suárez
Francisco Álvarez
Dr. Zenón Balbuena
Armando Bó
Rolando Suárez
Lidia Denis
Tota/Bárbara
Enrique Roldán
Adolfo Gomara
Perla Mux
Lucila
Ángel Walk
Gobernador (actor)
Arturo Arcari
Perkins
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Julio Saraceni
- Writers
- Pedro Muñoz Seca, Emilio Villalba Welsh, Alejandro Verbitzky
- Languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Argentina
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Julio Saraceni directs. José Cañizares cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Argentina. Dialogue in Spanish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 278 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Editor José Cañizares shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Olinda Bozán and Francisco Álvarez and Armando Bó carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0123006 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- José Cañizares
- Runtime
- 76 min · 1h 16m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- ES
- IMDB
- La caraba (1948)
Also by
Julio Saraceni
Production companies
Who made it
Emelco
AR
Key crew
- MusicGregory Stone
- CinematographyGumer Barreiros
- CinematographyAntonio Prieto
- EditorJosé Cañizares
- Set DesignerGermán Gelpi
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1948-03-18
